School Council

School Councils play a key role in Victorian government schools. Participating as a school council member is a rewarding and challenging experience. The school council supports the principal to provide the best possible educational outcomes for students. These resources support existing and prospective school councillors in their roles and school council processes.

Croxton School Council:

Bev Fegan (Principal)

Melanie Regan (President)

Heather Renton (Vice President)

Cass Plowman (Secretary)

John Candusso

Karen Lamb

Domenica Inella

Nicole Antonopoulos

Susan Nippard

Key documents

The following documents provide an overview of school council roles and processes.

Improving School Governance - a training package for school councils

Improving School Governance, a training package for school councils, has been developed to improve the knowledge, understanding and skills of school council members, school council presidents and school principals.

The package consists of five modules: Governance, President, Strategic Planning, Finance and Policy and Review. The following participant handbooks are part of the package:

Online training

The above modules are also accessible as online training. Participants can complete the modules at their own pace, in any order and are able to return to each module as many times as necessary. To access the online training, see:

Ministerial orders

It is important that school councillors understand the key features of the legislation because it affects all aspects of their work.

The school council operates under a legislative framework within the Victorian government school system.

All school councils operate under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.

Each school council is established by an Order of the Minister for Education.

Schools councils are also regulated by the Education and Training Reform Regulations 2007.

School Governance Support Materials

School Council Skills and Expertise Guide

The School Council Skills and Expertise Guide outlines the desired skills and expertise required for effective school governance. It is designed to be used by school councils to identify the skills and expertise that can support school council operations and effective governance, see: School Council Skills and Expertise Guide (docx - 14.56mb)